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Webster 1913 Edition

Hordock

Hor′dockˊ

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Noun.

An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.

Definition 2024

hordock

hordock

English

Alternative forms

hoardock
harlock

Noun

hordock ‎(plural hordocks)

(nonce word, only by Shakespeare) A plant, possibly burdock.
- 1606, Shakespeare, King Lear:
  Crown 'd with rank femiter and furrow weeds, / With hordocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers